me, that is ghabrahat

"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber." -Plato (misquote) | RT ≠ endorsement

[me, that is ghabrahat @Phs96]

me; welcome 🤪

[me, that is ghabrahat @Phs96]

no praise too high, no demographic too low

[Sakshi Narula @mssakshinarula]

The cringe circus continues in Slovakia. Only 9200 people of Indian origin live in Slovakia. I have not seen such events organised for Americans in other countries when Trump visits. Politicians are not celebrities. They have taken this image management too far.

[Scuderia Ferrari HP @ScuderiaFerrari]

Can we go back and relive that podium already?!

[Kaushik Basu @kaushikcbasu]

Failed attempt at who?

[PunsterX @PunsterX]

This GenZ kid is more sorted than people with partisan apprehensions on social media.

Reporter: What are your demands?

Aarav: Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation.

Reporter: If Dharmendra Pradhan doesn't resign today, will you still support CJP?

Aarav: I have no personal attachment to CJP. I will support any party that raises my issues. I haven't come for CJP. I have come for Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation. My issues are not Hindu-Muslim. My issues are education, healthcare, etc.

[Kalyan Raman کلیان را��اں @kalyanasc]

By God. It's bracing to read an official Congress takedown of our discoursewala-in-chief, in delectable prose at that. Read it, people. I hope it straightens out the other 'pompous, predictable and politically undercooked' opinion-makers-at-large as well.

[MANJUL @MANJULtoons]

सच बाहर आ ही जाता है?

[me, that is ghabrahat @Phs96]

preferred the original

[Shashank Mattoo @MattooShashank]

*Shashi Tharoor's namecard falls down*

"Don't worry. I think you all know who I am."

[Yogendra Yadav @_YogendraYadav]

Everyone needs to know about the scandal that was delimitation in Assam in 2023.
This is what the BJP is planning for the entire country.
Thanks @thecaravanindia

[Praveen Chakravarty @pravchak]

Under this leader’s reign:
1: His close industrialist friend rose to be richest thru cronyism
2: He brought in electoral system changes to ensure all corporate funding only for his party & controlled the Election body
3. He helped his crony to take over the country’s leading media firm
4: Doubled capital expenditure share of spending to give contracts to favoured few
5: Packed the Courts with his judges
6: Invested in a huge social media troll army
7: Trump endorsed his election campaign & he did a rally for Trump
8: Triggered social divisions & ‘divided & conquered’
9: Ruled by instilling fear across all sections of society

He, Viktor Orban of Hungary, just lost power after 16 years of such rule
(any parallel with other leaders is neither coincidental nor unintentional)

[Daniel Sugarman @Daniel_Sugarman]

An FT correction for the ages...

[me, that is ghabrahat @Phs96]

the fact that she published a book literally titled "Loomered: How I became the most banned woman in the world" should have been enough food for thought for IT

but then again not sure what they're on these days

[Naseer Giyas @NaseerGiyas]

Open Letter to India Today Group

You invited Laura Loomer — a person infamous for her hateful anti-Muslim rants — and gave her a prime stage at the India Today Conclave 2026.

You let her spit venom against Muslims and the Muslim world.

You designed the show with screens, banners and framing that painted Muslims as terrorists.

You amplified one-sided opinions from anti-Muslim voices while giving zero balance.

You pushed the dangerous narrative that the US-Israel-Iran conflict is actually a joint war against Muslims, with India as a partner.

Some Muslims working inside your channel stayed silent or even participated in this staged spectacle. That hurts the most.

You completely ignored the 200+ million Indian Muslims who live peacefully in this country and reduced an entire community to security stereotypes.

Even Loomer’s selective apology for her past racist remarks against Indians felt fake. Her real agenda — “Israel First” imported into India to manufacture hate against Muslims — went unchallenged.

This was not journalism. This was a deliberate attempt to polarise and spread Islamophobia.
India Today, drop the fake secular mask.

Stop providing platforms to hate-mongers.
Stop shaping narratives that serve fascist and racist forces.

Start including diverse Muslim voices instead of demonising them.

Your audience is watching.
Your credibility is collapsing.

Do better. Or at least be honest about whose side you’re on. @IndiaToday @LauraLoomer

#IndiaTodayExposed #StopSpreadingHate

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.

I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.

It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.

May God bless America.

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

@TheOpen_Archive Not in a similarly exhaustive manner, but I do hope to write something on Nehru nonetheless.

[Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins @daniel_dsj2110]

Hannah Arendt's reaction to meeting Jürgen Habermas for the first time (h/t Harrison Fluss):

[me, that is ghabrahat @Phs96]

https://t.co/NlGbkB5K6N

really spoilt for sources these days b/w NDTV & ANI 🤩

[Vasudha Venugopal @Vasudha156]

Sources say Bill Gates will not be attending the AI Summit. Given the Epstein episode, the move signals the importance of the Indian govt standing with survivors.

[Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1]

It is quite clear that the Modi govt did not want to defend the UGC regulations. This is clear from the fact that they allowed upper caste protests against them (even when protestors abused Modi & Shah), unlike their clampdown on Other protests (even against pollution)
The SG Mehta (who was present) didn’t make any effort to defend the regulations in the SC, & had no problem with the SC staying them.
Clearly the regulations were brought only to appease the SC/ST & OBC for votes, w/o any intention to enforce them

[Veena Jain @Vtxt21]

Moral of the story :

Modi gave a lollipop to SC, ST & OBC for a few days & then snatched it back, as expected

Now he will say, I wanted to do better for SC, ST, OBCs but Supreme Court didn't allowed it

Now give me full majority, I will take down Supreme Court collegium system

Those general category people who are angry today will vote again to BJP in C@mmunal h@te

It was a proper trap, nothing else

#SupremeCourt #UGC

[Harry Burton @HBtoons]

My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.

[Paras Nath Singh @parasnsingh95]

There was a time when Supreme Court used to decide habeas corpus petitions keeping the very purpose of this writ alive. Read this order of SC passed in 1952 to know how a constitutional court should go about habeas corpus petitions.